Empty rooms are eerie. Empty lunar bases would be worse. Rockets get you to orbit. Culture gets you to stay. Wednesday morning, we fill this room. October 7. 8:30 AM. The Ion, Forum Stairs, Houston. Free, with breakfast. Registration link below⬇️ – at Houston, TX

Every person on that stage on October 7th is there for a specific reason. None of them are there by accident. Wrote out why this event had to happen before New Worlds Faire, why these four people, and why the Ion. @EarthLightOrg Image courtesy of @RiceUniversity Image created by @imagine

1/ Earlier this week: leaving Earth is a purpose question, not a technology one. Rick Tumlinson didn't just argue that. He acted on it, decades before writing Why Space? 🧵⬇️

Scott Solomon spent his career studying evolution. I asked him why leaving Earth might change what we become, not just where we struggle. His answer: "The entire evolutionary history of our species has been shaped by our planet, with constant conditions like gravity and atmospheric pressure making us who we are. Leaving our planet means we will face new conditions and becoming something different. Biologists have long known that species living in isolation evolve into new species. Whether it's on islands like the Galapagos or planets in space, we should expect evolutionary changes in future generations of space settlers." That's the argument behind Becoming Martian. Scott joins us Oct 7th at the Ion. Link in reply. @EarthLightOrg @RocketRick @Lawyer4Space @ScottESolomon

You watch launches alone at 2am. You read the mission page before the price. That's not random. That's recognition. #SpaceCulture #Spacer – at Odessa, TX

1) Rick, in Why Space?: blood doesn't make a family. Shared purpose does. 🧵⬇️ – at Junction, TX

Check out Why Space? earthlightfoundation.org/

Been to New Worlds? Tell us about the moment you realized you'd found your people. Reply below; we're collecting stories. #SpaceCulture #Spacer #NewWorldsFaire – at Princeton, NJ

4/ The frontier is open. Now it's time to settle it. Full article; link below. @EarthLightOrg @Substack #NewWorldsInstitute #USSpaceAcademy

#IFT3 puts the other two principles on hyperdrive!